INDEX. 



791 



Blood-corpuscles, red, continued. 

 sinking of, 61. 

 tendency to adhere, 62, 71. 

 uses of, 98. 



Blood-corpuscles, white, 76. 

 amoeboid movements of, 78. 

 formation of in spleen, 412. 

 Blood- crystals, 74. 

 Blood-vessels, 

 absorption by, 367-373. 



circumstances influencing, 372. 

 difference from lymphatic ab- 

 sorption, 367. 



osmotic character of, 368, 370. 

 rapidity of, 371. 

 area of, 162. 

 communication with lymphatics, 



352. 



development of, 763. 

 influence of nervous system on, 



575- 



of placenta, 752. 

 relation to secretion, 407. 

 share in nutrition, 383. 

 Bone, 45. 



canaliculi of, 47. 



cancellous structure of, 45. 



composition of, ib. 



development of, 49. 



Haversian canals of, 48. 



lacunse of, 47. 



lamellse of, 48. 



periosteum of, 46. 



structure of, 45. 

 Bone-earth, composition of, 18. 

 Bones or ossicles of ear, 674. 

 Bones, growth of, 375. 



nutrition of, 382. 

 Boys, voice of, 615. 

 Brain. See Cerebellum, Cerebrum, 

 Pons, etc. 



capillaries of, 159. 



circulation of blood in, 180. 



development of, 743, 773. 



disease of, with atrophy, 384. 



influence on heart's action, 128. 



quantity of blood in, 182. 

 Breathing-air, 201. 

 Breathing. See Kespiration. 

 Bronchi, arrangement and structure 

 of, 189. 



muscularity of, 207. 

 Bronchial arteries and veins, 209. 

 Brunn's glands, 305. 



Buccinator muscle, nervous supply 



of, 554- 



Buffy coat, formation of, 62, 73. 

 Bulbus arteriosus, 766. 

 Bursse mucosse, 396. 



C. 



Ccecum, 311. 



changes of food in, 341. 

 Calcium, salts of, in human body, 



1 8. 

 Calculi, biliary, containing chole- 



sterin, n. 



containing copper, 324. 

 Calculus, radiation of sensation 



from, 486, 499. 

 Calorifacient food, 248. 

 Calyces of the kidney, 441. 

 Calyciform papillae of tongue, 701. 

 Canal, alimentary. See Stomach, 



Intestine, etc. 

 external auditory, 671. 



function of, 680. 

 oral, 620. 



of spinal cord, 493. 

 spiral, of cochlea, 676. 

 Canaliculi of bone, 47. 

 Canals, Haversiau, 48. 

 portal, 316. 

 semicircular, 676. 

 function of, 689. 

 Cancellous texture of bone, 45. 

 Capacity of chest, vital, 202. 

 how increased or diminished, 195 



-199- 



of heart, 125. 

 Capillaries, 100, 155. 

 circulation in, 160. 



rate of, 162. 

 contraction of, 164. 

 development of, 764. 

 diameter of, 156. 

 influence of on circulation, 166. 

 lymphatic, 349. 

 network of, 157. 

 number of, 159. 

 passage of corpuscles through 



walls of, 164. 



resistance to flow of blood in, 161. 

 still layer in, 163. 

 structure of, 156. 

 systemic, 103. 

 of lungs, 193, 209. 



